70+ Would You Rather Questions for Any Group

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The trick with would you rather is that a bad question ends the conversation and a good one starts an argument that outlasts the car ride. Nobody wants to debate whether they would rather have a cat or a dog. Everybody wants to debate whether they would rather fight one horse sized duck or a hundred duck sized horses. I sorted these by how much trouble they cause. Start at the top with a group that does not know each other yet, and work down as people get comfortable. The section called The impossible ones has ended two of my family dinners early.

What you will find here

Easy ones to open with

Low stakes. Use these to warm a group up before the questions that cause damage.

  1. Would you rather always be ten minutes early or twenty minutes late?
  2. Would you rather have unlimited pizza or unlimited tacos?
  3. Would you rather it be too hot or too cold?
  4. Would you rather never have to sleep or never have to eat?
  5. Would you rather lose your phone or lose your wallet?
  6. Would you rather go camping or stay in a hotel?
  7. Would you rather have a beach vacation or a mountain vacation?
  8. Would you rather read the book or watch the movie?
  9. Would you rather be able to sing perfectly or dance perfectly?
  10. Would you rather have a big breakfast or a big dinner?
  11. Would you rather live in a city or in the country?
  12. Would you rather always have slow internet or a phone at nine percent battery?

Funny would you rather questions

  1. Would you rather fight one horse sized duck or a hundred duck sized horses?
  2. Would you rather sneeze every time you stand up or hiccup every time you sit down?
  3. Would you rather have hands for feet or feet for hands?
  4. Would you rather only be able to whisper or only be able to shout?
  5. Would you rather have a permanent unibrow or no eyebrows at all?
  6. Would you rather always have to skip instead of walk or always have to sing instead of talk?
  7. Would you rather have spaghetti for hair or sweat maple syrup?
  8. Would you rather be covered in fur or covered in scales?
  9. Would you rather your only mode of transport be a donkey or a pogo stick?
  10. Would you rather have a dramatic entrance song follow you everywhere or a laugh track after everything you say?
  11. Would you rather smell like a wet dog forever or hear a distant kazoo forever?
  12. Would you rather have to wear wet socks all day or a shirt one size too small all week?
  13. Would you rather have every photo of you be a blink or every video of you be in slow motion?
  14. Would you rather talk like a pirate for a year or dance instead of walking for a month?
  15. Would you rather have fingers as long as your legs or legs as short as your fingers?
  16. Would you rather always have to enter rooms backwards or always leave them by rolling?

The duck question is the only one on this list that has never once failed me. Ask it at a table of adults and watch grown people take sides.

The impossible ones

These are the ones that split a room. There is no easy answer, which is the point.

  1. Would you rather know how you die or when you die?
  2. Would you rather be able to read minds or see one week into the future?
  3. Would you rather never be able to lie or never be able to keep a secret?
  4. Would you rather always know the truth or always be blissfully wrong?
  5. Would you rather have more time or more money?
  6. Would you rather be famous and disliked or unknown and respected?
  7. Would you rather lose all your old memories or never be able to make new ones?
  8. Would you rather relive the same great day forever or never repeat a day?
  9. Would you rather be the smartest person in the room or the kindest?
  10. Would you rather everyone hear your thoughts for a day or read your search history?
  11. Would you rather give up music forever or give up every screen forever?
  12. Would you rather have one true friend or a hundred good ones?
  13. Would you rather always say what you mean or always know what others mean?
  14. Would you rather start over at eighteen with what you know now or keep going as you are?

Food ones, which get surprisingly heated

  1. Would you rather give up cheese or give up bread?
  2. Would you rather only eat sweet food or only eat salty food?
  3. Would you rather have to eat everything cold or everything burnt?
  4. Would you rather never drink coffee again or never eat chocolate again?
  5. Would you rather eat the same lunch every day for a year or a random one you cannot choose?
  6. Would you rather have unlimited fancy dinners alone or cheap food with friends?
  7. Would you rather food have no taste or no texture?
  8. Would you rather always have too much sauce or never enough?
  9. Would you rather give up pizza or give up burgers?
  10. Would you rather eat breakfast for every meal or never eat breakfast again?

Superpowers and other impossible choices

  1. Would you rather fly or be invisible?
  2. Would you rather teleport anywhere or stop time?
  3. Would you rather breathe underwater or survive any fall?
  4. Would you rather talk to animals or speak every human language?
  5. Would you rather be super strong or super fast?
  6. Would you rather never get sick or never get tired?
  7. Would you rather control fire or control water?
  8. Would you rather live to 150 in poor health or 80 in perfect health?
  9. Would you rather have a photographic memory or a perfect sense of direction?
  10. Would you rather be able to undo one thing or redo one thing?
  11. Would you rather heal any injury or prevent any argument?
  12. Would you rather be invisible for a day or read one person’s mind for a day?

Ones that work at work

Safe for an icebreaker, a team meeting, or the awkward first five minutes of a call.

  1. Would you rather work four ten hour days or five eight hour days?
  2. Would you rather have a shorter commute or a bigger desk?
  3. Would you rather never have another meeting or never send another email?
  4. Would you rather work alone or always on a team?
  5. Would you rather have a boss who micromanages or one who is never available?
  6. Would you rather get feedback immediately or once a year?
  7. Would you rather always work from home or always work from an office?
  8. Would you rather be paid more for work you dislike or less for work you love?
  9. Would you rather have unlimited vacation you feel guilty taking or four guaranteed weeks?
  10. Would you rather present to a thousand strangers or to your own team?

The four tens question is the fastest way I know to find out how a team actually feels about its schedule. It never stays hypothetical for long.

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Before you go

Skip anything on this page that has an obvious right answer, even if I wrote it. A question is only doing its job when two reasonable people pick opposite sides and then have to explain themselves.

Questions people ask

How do you play would you rather?

One person reads a question with two options. Everyone answers, and nobody is allowed to say neither or both. The answers are the boring part. The reasons are the game.

What makes a good would you rather question?

Both options have to be genuinely tempting or genuinely awful. If one choice is obviously better, there is nothing to talk about.

Are these suitable for kids?

The first, fourth, and fifth sections work fine for children. For a set written specifically for younger kids, use our would you rather questions for kids instead.

How many questions do you need for a game night?

Fifteen to twenty is plenty for an hour. Groups spend far longer arguing about each one than you expect.

Can these be used as icebreakers?

That is what the work section is for. They tell you something real about a person without asking anything personal.


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